1. More than 1 billion people around the world live on the price of a vending machine candy bar. Many people have only a $1.25 per day for food, medicine and shelter. Although there are 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty, the number of people living on this amount has drastically decreased over the […]
A sweaty man grabs a large plastic pipe on the back of a cab and starts to fill a series of plastic containers on the ground. Once he fills in one container, he holds out his hand to receive some coins from the owner and then goes away in his vehicle. This is a daily […]
In 1991, political scientist Samuel Huntington hypothesized three historical waves of democratization across Europe and the Americas. Now, it is the African continent’s turn to create a fourth wave of democratic elections. It started on Dec. 17, 2010, when Mohammed Bouazizi, a Tunisian produce seller, set himself on fire in front of a municipal building. […]
The ability to determine where and when epidemics will break out may soon be available at the touch of your fingertips. In Pakistan, dengue fever was largely endemic in the southern city of Karachi; however, in recent years it has been appearing in a previously unaffected area — northeast Pakistan. The World Health Organization (WHO) […]
The Syrian Refugee conflict has been a hot topic globally for months now. Many countries have been accepting Syrian refugees since the climax of the crisis, but once a temporary home has been found, what next? On average, a refugee will stay in a camp for 17 years. In these crowded and busy communities, individuals […]
Obtaining an education in a poverty stricken country is hard for most children living in those conditions. It’s almost impossible when that child is deaf and has no access to sign language assisted learning. Millions of children are struggling to learn or not attending school at all because of this fact. Educational; Disadvantage In countries […]
Could you live on a single dollar or less a day? That is what four college students set out to test for two months in rural Guatemala in 2010. Two Months On a Dollar a Day As part of their venture, they filmed their time in Guatemala and then released a documentary entitled “Living On […]
On a continent where electricity, let alone an internet connection or data coverage, is never a given, bringing technology to the classroom has proven to be a challenge in rural and poor urban regions of Africa. A BRCK Initiative But, the African software developers, engineers and technologists of the Kenyan company BRCK have recently rolled […]
Men’s world no.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic and The World Bank have teamed up to provide education and early childhood development to children from poor families. The announcement was made on Aug. 26, 2015, a week before the U.S. Open, at a press conference in New York. In 2010, only 44 percent of children in […]
On Sept. 24, at sundown, thousands of candles, flashlights and lanterns were raised to the sky in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainable Development Goals These 17 goals, which would be announced by world leaders in New York the following day, range from ending poverty to protecting marine life and providing quality […]
